TRADE REPORTS:

Coffee House magazine has always been interested in nosing out research papers relevant to the beverage trades. 

We have at one time or another had a vast amount of trade-relevant reports on our site. We're trimming them down a bit, as some of them get a bit old.  But some old ones we've kept, because they're still interesting.

You may sometimes find that Internet Explorer declines to allow 'blocked content' on the grounds of security.  If you have trouble opening any of these items, many of which are on PDF,  just email the editor and he'll let you have them on email or CD.

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May 2008 - the annual report from the British Soft Drinks Association is here (we'll replace with a hi-res version when we get it)

                  the CSR report from Starbucks is here

March 2008 - two opposing reports:

Adam Smith Institute : Unfair Trade

Fairtrade Foundation strategy report, 'Tipping the Balance'

July 2007 - the 2007 Soft Drinks Report from the British Soft drinks Assoc.

Milk - the White Lies report, subtitled 'the health consequences of consuming cow's milk'. This was produced by the Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation in 2006, and argues that the major ingredient of hot beverages is unsafe for humans.

The latest field trip to origin report - Mercanta visits Guatemala, early 2007.

GM Coffee Conference, London, 2005 - a remarkable seminar on the likelihood of genetically-modified coffee was held at the International Coffee Organisation in London.   Coffee House magazine reported the event for Fresh Cup, the big American trade journal.

Fair-trade and ethical-trading reports:

Gone In an Instant - the WWF report from january 2007 on the effect of coffee farming on the survival of the Suamtran wild tiger, rhino, and elephant.

From Bean To Cup, 'how consumer choice affects the environment' by Consumers International, 2006.

'Grounds for Complaint' by Brink Lindsay, the Adam Smith/Cato report from 2004.  

The Fairtrade Coffee report 2005 by FFI, The Coffee People of London.

Major report from the World Bank on Sustainability in coffee -  the whole thing, all 57,000 words of it!

Nestle's What Can be Done report from 2003

THE ESPRESSO REPORT from Douwe Egberts. This goes back to about 2004, and argues that the big espresso market is about to open up.

*  For the Starbucks 2004 ethical report 'Living Our Values', please e-mail the editor, and he'll put it on a CD for you.  It's a 5Mb file, and would take forever to upload and download.    If you have Broadband, and don't mind a big file being transmitted, just let us know.

*  For the Kraft 'Growing a Better Future', please do the same.

*  For the Nestle 'Faces of Coffee', 2004, please do the same.

In all cases, the postage cost would be appreciated!